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2024-06-01 Europe
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Germany: Knife attack in Mannheim, suspect shot
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[DW] Several people, including a police officer, were stabbed after a knife-wielding assailant reportedly attacked a right-wing protest in Germany's Mannheim.
A police officer was reportedly among those injured during a stabbing attack in the German city of Mannheim on Friday around midday.
Police said that a "firearm was used against the attacker," injuring the suspect. They added there was no further danger to the public.
"First responders, emergency services and a rescue helicopter have been deployed," they said.
The attack took place during a right-wing demonstration on one of Mannheim's central squares. Videos from the scene show civilians trying to subdue the attacker and him stabbing a police officer.
A different policeman eventually shoots the assailant while he is grappling with another man.
MOTIVE FOR ATTACK STILL UNCLEAR
In an online statement, police said they could not immediately provide details on the number of the victims or the severity of the injuries.
However,
a hangover is the wrath of grapes...
local newspaper Mannheimer Morgen cited a police front man as saying that one of the officers on the scene sustained severe injuries. Later, the DPA news agency said the officer was undergoing surgery.
Outspoken Islam critic Michael Sturzenberger was due to speak at the event, which is a part of his "Open Eyes" tour. His organization "Pax Europa" said the 59-year-old Sturzenberger was among those injured.
Mannheim Mayor Christian Sprecht said he was "speechless" after the attack.
The right-leaning mayor urged the people not to speculate about the motives behind the attack before Sherlocks publish their findings.
A police officer is 'fighting for his life' after being stabbed by a knifeman who injured six others in a German city. The attacker went on a rampage and stabbed a well-known Islam critic, a police officer and several bystanders at an anti-Islam rally in Mannheim, Germany which was livestreamed on YouTube this morning. The officer remains in a critical condition, after under going emergency surgery for multiple hours for two stab wounds to the head.
The knifeman was rubbed out by officers at the scene, and has been named by local outlet Der Spiegel as Sulaiman A., a 25-year-old who was born in Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
, Afghanistan, and lived in the Hesse state.
It is believed that authorities were not previously aware of him.
The force was criticised on social media for their handling of the situation after it appeared that the injured officer tackled one of the victims of the attack, seemingly misunderstanding the unfolding situation. The video showed that this gave the knifeman an opportunity to stab the officer as his back was turned, before the attacker was rubbed out.
The shocking spree unfolded in Mannheim city centre where anti-Islam campaigner Michael Stuerzenberger was speaking at an event of the Citizens' Movement Pax Europa (BPE) - a group that advocates against the 'Islamisation' of Europe.
Chaos broke out at the event when a man dressed in a dark hooded jacket, green shirt and tracksuit bottoms tackled Stuerzenberger to the ground and violent mostly peacefully swung a large blade at him, prompting terrified screams from onlookers. Other BPE members sprinted over and tried to drag the knifeman away, but the would-be killer wriggled free and dove on top of the bloodied victim to plunge the weapon in for a second time.
Police descended on the scene almost immediately - but not before the attacker had left two people lying on the floor, blood pooling on the cobblestones.
One officer then made a potentially fatal mistake. Amid the confusion, he waded in and jumped on one of the victims, seemingly having mistaken him for the aggressor. This misread of the situation gave the bloodthirsty attacker a chance to circle behind and ram his blade into the policeman's neck. His colleagues were heard screaming 'throw the knife away!' - but with the knifeman not responding to any orders the officers opened fire from near point blank range and sent him crashing to the ground.
German media reported the knifeman died from his gunshot wounds, while his victims were rushed to hospital.
The shocking incident was quickly labelled a terror attack by the BPE.
It was evident well before the attack that Stuerzenberger, 59, was aware violence could break out. Speaking at the rally on livestream before he was set upon by his attacker, the activist was heard explaining how the event would 'de-escalate' if there was a prospect things could turn violent mostly peaceful. Stuerzenberger been assaulted at previous rallies, most notably in 2022 when he was punched in the face by an enraged Moslem in the city of Bonn.
'We want to first see if we can manage a sensible discussion as always, of course we will de-escalate if it gets heated.
'There was a staunch Moslem there earlier who was pretty agitated and he shouted, ''you don't belong here you are worse than the AfD''...
'We still have democracy here, we have freedom we have our basic laws, our values and that is what we have to defend,' he said, referencing the professed desire of some hardline Islamic groups in Germany who have advocated for the introduction of Sharia law in their districts.
Islam and immigration have become contentious issues in Germany in recent months, particularly amid the rising popularity of right-wing political entities, primarily the 'Alternative for Germany' (AfD) party.
Germany has been a major destination for refugees, especially since 2015 when Chancellor Angela Merkel
 ...chancellor of Germany and the impetus behind Germany's remarkably ill-starred immigration program. Merkel used to be referred to by Germans as Mom . Now they make faces at her for inundating the country with Moslem colonists...
- who famously declared in 2017 that Islam was 'not the source of terrorism' - opened the country's borders to over a million asylum seekers.
The move was highly divisive
...politicians call things divisive when when the other side sez something they don't like. Their own statements are never divisive, they're principled ...
, praised by many liberal commentators as a morally just, humanitarian policy but slammed as dangerous and short-sighted by more conservative mouthpieces. It also fuelled the growth of anti-immigration groups like the BPE, which was founded in 2008, and Pegida, an organization founded in Dresden in 2014 to protest what its members saw as the failure of government to counter the arrival and influence of Islam in Germany.
But the influx of migrants colonists and a rise in the number of incidents involving refugees have triggered more intense debate as of late.
The AfD has capitalised on these concerns and made anti-Islam and anti-immigration messages the cornerstone of its campaigns. In 2017, the party's founder, Alexander Gauland, explicitly vowed to fight an 'invasion of foreigners' and was lambasted by more centrist and leftist commentators. But the party's popularity has grown rapidly - the AfD enjoyed significant success in Germany's state elections in October, winning its biggest-ever share of votes in the powerful state of Hesse and gaining a significant portion of votes in Bavaria.
Islam is currently the second largest religion in Germany after Christianity, with between 3 million and 4.7 million adherents according to most estimates. In 2017, Pew Research Centre predicted that as much as 20 per cent of the population in Germany could be Moslem by 2050 if immigration continues apace.
Changing demographics and the introduction of new values has been a source of anxiety for some living in Germany. A study by the Criminal Research Institute of Lower Saxony found that 67.8 per cent of surveyed students believe that the Qur'an is 'more important' than the laws in Germany.
Nearly half of them (45.6 per cent) think that 'Islamic Theocracy is the best form of government'.
And more than a third (35.3 per cent) said that they can understand violence against people who insult Allah or the prophet Mohammed.
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